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#vanlife: Home Is Where You Park It

Foster Huntington | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Vanlife, Camper Vehicles, Road Trips, Vans, Vw Bus, Foster Huntington, Slidepollajax, Vw, Travel Blogs, Volkswagen, Van Life, Travel News

Not until experiencing something for myself can I really appreciate it. Call me thick headed, but it's been true about autumn in New England, sex and, most recently, camper vehicles.

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Six Brands That Have Come Back From The Dead

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Camaro, Old Spice, Apple, Marvel, Wall Street, Circuits, Comeback Brands, Dying Brands, Vw, New Coke, Nintentdo, Volkswagen, Nintendo, Lego, Brands, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: It is not unusual for brands to disappear. It is unusual to see major brands resurrected. Scores of brands like New Coke, Circuit ...

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Music and Magic in Moritzburg 2011

Laurence Vittes | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Marlboro, Music Festivals, Dresden, Vw, Arts News

With the annual August presence of Jan Vogler's Moritzburg Festival and Academy, Moritzburg has become a place for music lovers to refresh their souls.

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Auto Union Grows For First Time In Years

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Nissan, Uaw, Toyota, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Honda, Economic Crisis, Kia, Vw, Auto Union, Ford, General Motors Co, Membership, Business News

DETROIT - United Auto Workers membership rose for the first time in six years in 2010, helped by a recovering U.S. auto industry and expanding to ...

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The Safest Cars 2011 -- See Which Models Made The List

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia and German car maker Volkswagen lead the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new...

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Car Porn

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Porn, Karma, Wind Horse, Automobile, Car Safety, Car Design, Fuel Economy, Vw, Mind, Lungta, Seat, Form, Essence, Technology News

As a civilization we still want our presents wrapped up in shiny paper with a pretty bow on top. Will there ever be a day when we buy a car blind, not worrying about how it looks to us and others?

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greenbuild, Shanghai, Sustainability, Consumer Electronics Show, Clean Technology, Innovation, China Daily, China, Vw, Akzonobel, Nahb, Green News

I visited Beijing a couple weeks ago to speak to a group of Chinese corporate executives. They were brought together by a major environmental NGO to discuss climate change.

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Would You Pass Up This Amazing Deal?

David Wygant | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Negative Emotions, Emotions, First Date, Vw, Carfax Report, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Tiguan, Craigslist, Healthy Living News

If you meet someone who seems too good to be true, just keep meeting them. Keep going out with them. Be open and stop looking for flaws. Start embracing the magic of who they are.

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A Holiday Wish List That No One Should Fulfill

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer-Electronics-Association, Microsoft, Gm, Intel, President Obama, Ford, Colombia, Congress, Toyota, Federal Trade Commission, Vw, Las Vegas, Gary Shapiro, Card Check, Chrysler, Aig, Bmw, Economic Stimulus Package, Apple, South Korea, Trade, Buy American, Angela Merkel, Qualcomm, Consumer Electronics Show, Health Care Reform, Cea, Panama, Google, Business News

Here are the "top ten" things our government could do in 2010 to reverse our nascent economic recovery. Of course, it shouldn't do any of these things - but its record causes me grave concern.

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Brazil's Earth Day Present: A Sustainable Energy Policy

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Americas Summit, Biofuels, Brazil, Enron, Renewable Energy, Lula, Fiat, Vw, Carlos Ghosn, Obama, K Street Lobbyists, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Orange Line, Cta Chicago, Citroen, Tata Nano, Carbon Fooprint, New York Mta, Curitiba, Ratan Tata, Ethanol, Beltway Bandits, Davidow, Solar Power, Nissan Renault, 2-Cv, Earth Day, São Paulo-Brazil, Green News

Brazil's sustainable energy dividend is the result of generations of trust and cooperation between a strong federal government, parastatal companies and global businesses who have developed the knack of working with them.

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Where's the Nano Americano?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: People's Car, Chrysler, Gm, Tata Motors, VW Beetle, Fiat, VW Bug, Mini Cooper, Nano, Fiat 500, Vw, Sustainable Mobility, Tata Nano, India, Green News

Being Americans, we long for high-tech silver bullet solutions to our sustainability problems, but the gas-burning Indian version, the Nano is a model of transport simplified.

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GM Closes High-Performance Division, and Some Muscle Car and Racing History

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ferrari, John Z DeLorean, Dodge Viper, Detroit Three, Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Cadillac, Plymouth Road Runner Superbird, Chrysler Cars, Rolls-Royce, General Motors, Pontiac GTO, Jim Wangers, Ford Shelby Mustang, Lamborghini, Jeep, Carroll Shelby, Chevrolet Corvette, Environmental Protection Agency, Saleen, Mopar, Ford Mustang, Bentley, Vw, Maserati, Bmw, George Pipas, Business News

In yet another sign of these perilous automotive times, GM has closed its High Performance Vehicle Operations unit.

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German Regulator To Look Into Volkswagen Trading

Bloomberg | Alexis Xydias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volkswagen Short Squeeze, Volkswagen, Vw, Dax, VW Short Squeeze, Business News

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's financial-markets regulator is looking into trading of Volkswagen AG shares after Porsche SE's plan to raise its stak...

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Clean-diesels hit the market; VW's 2009 Jetta TDI already hard to find

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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This post was written originally for the Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper (www.smdp.com) so please excuse the few Southern California references ......

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Precipitous fifteen-year drop in US car sales; Need one? You probably can't get one

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Automotive News, GMC Truck, Americans, Saturn, Buick, Scion xB, Subprime Car Loans, Honda, Toyota Sales, Bentley, North Dallas Forty, Vw, Maybach, Palin, Original Equipment Manufacturer, General Motors, Bush/McCain, Bailout, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Peter Gent, US Senate, Nissan, Mini, Subprime Loans, Hummer, Hyundai, OEM, Saabs, Gm, Mazda, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, Acura, Volvo, Ford Motor Co, Chrysler Cars, Pontiac, Cars, Rolls-Royce, Mercury, Bmw, Smart Car, Subprime Mortgages, Lincoln, Infiniti, New York Times, Lexus, Audi, Southeast, Alaska, CNW Research, Cadillac, Business News

They say "start out bad news with a joke," so: In Peter Gent's "North Dallas Forty," a football coach is talking with the team owner's son about his f...

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Clean Diesels- The Line-Up So Far

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volkswagen, 24 Hours of LeMans, Cars, Peugeot, Grand Cherokees, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Honda, California, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Nissan, Detroit, Americans, Dodge Ram, Gm, Detroit Three, Acura, Pontiac, Chrysler, Bmw, Turbodiesel, Jeep, Audi, Low Sulfur, Tdi, Maxima, Vw, Tsx, Touraeg, Bluetec, Q7, Green News

Sometimes, it's the incongruities, not the new models, which make the auto industry so interesting.

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